June events

Published 7:00 pm, Saturday, January 1, 2005

June 10: Sangeetayan Institute of Dance & Music of India will present its annual program at 6:30 p.m. in the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library auditorium. Sangeeta Kar's dance and music students will present 12 dance and music items. Almost 60 students of dance and music ages 4 to adult will be dressed in traditional colorful authentic costumes and jewelry from India, performing the Indian classical dance form called Odissi as well as Hindusthani classical vocal music. The public is invited and admission is free. For more information, contact Kar at 636-7037.

June 11-12: The 32nd annual YWCA Riverside Art Festival is scheduled in Wenona Park, downtown Bay City. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. More than 100 artists from across the nation will be featured, as well as food vendors and a variety of musical and comedy performances. For more information, call (989) 686-4800.

June 13: Thomas Metzger, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, will provide an analysis of U.S.-Chinese relations at 7:30 p.m. in the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library auditorium as part of Matrix:Midland. Tickets are $21 and $18; see mcfta.org.

June 16: The story hour "Bugs'll Drive You Buggy" is scheduled from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Chippewa Nature Center, for ages 2-5 with adult. For more information call 631-0830.

June 16: A free Tunes by the Tridge concert with Cool Duel (dueling pianos) is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. near the Tridge.

June 16: MASS Ensemble, a blend of sculpture, music, dance and the visual arts, is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in the Midland Center for the Arts auditorium as part of Matrix:Midland. Tickets are $21 adults, $11 students; see mcfta.org. A variety of additional MASS events is scheduled from June 13 to 17. An outdoor Earth Harp with musical strings reaching from the roof line of the MCFTA to the parking lot will be constructed from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 13.

June 16-19: "Charlotte's Web" featuring a youth cast will be performed in the Midland Center for the Arts Little Theatre. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 children; call 631-5930 or see www.mcfta.org.

June 17-19: The annual Greek Festival is scheduled from noon to 10 p.m. at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 4970 Mackinaw, Saginaw. Greek food, beverages, authentic Greek folk dancing and tours of the church are available. Admission is $3, with senior citizens free on Friday. For more information, call (989) 793-8822.

June 18: The Gladwin Area Friends of the Theatre is offering children and teen theater workshops at the Gladwin Community Building (behind the sheriff's office). Session I, for children ages 5-9, will run from 9 a.m. to noon. Session II, for young folks and teens, will run from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, call Jacque at (989) 426-4106; registration is required by June 11.

June 18: 98FM KCQ Country Music Fest on Ojibway Island. The free concert showcases a variety of country music talents including Phil Vassar, Neal McCoy and Jamie O'Neal. For more information, call (989) 757-8161.

June 20: Read & Feed is scheduled at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in the Midland County Historical Society's Carriage House Hall. Admission is $4 children, free for adults.

June 23: The Bay City Garden Club has scheduled "Secret Gardens of Bay County," a tour of five garden sites in Bay County, from 1 to 7 p.m. Tickets are available in Midland at Smith's Flowers of Midland, or by calling Joan Wendland, (989) 686-8363. Proceeds will benefit Good Samaritan Rescue Mission and Habitat for Humanity of Bay County landscaping projects.

June 23: Tunes by the Tridge free concert is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. near the Tridge, featuring Detours (roots rockin country).

June 24: Gallagher is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. in the Dow Event Center Theater, Saginaw. Tickets are $20, $29 & $39 through (989) 754-4800.

June 26: Music Society's Camerata will perform at 8 p.m. in St. Brigid Church, downtown Midland. Admission is $5 adults, $3 students, $12 family of four.

June 27: "Fireside Chats" with the Midland County Historical Society is scheduled at 3 p.m. in the historical society museum's atrium. Admission is free.

June 29: Steve Winwood is scheduled in concert at 8 p.m. in the Midland Center for the Arts auditorium as part of Matrix:Midland. Tickets are $51 and $41; see mcfta.org.

June 30: Tunes by the Tridge free concert is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. near the Tridge, featuring Craig Lang (praise).